Team Chabuk-National Desk : Petrol and diesel prices in the country are increasing day by day. Today is the ninth consecutive day that petrol and diesel prices have gone up. In the capital Delhi, the price of petrol and diesel has gone up by 25 paise. After which the price of a liter of petrol in Delhi has now reached Rs 89.54 and the price of a liter of diesel has reached Rs 79.95.
The big thing is that petrol is selling at Rs 100.07 per liter in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan. Find out how are the other major cities.
In the economic capital of the country, Mumbai, the price of petrol has gone above Rs 96 per liter. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs 96.00 per liter and diesel at Rs 86.97 per liter. In other cities too, petrol-diesel prices are reaching new record levels every day.
| City | Petrol per liter | Diesel per liter |
| Mumbai | Petrol Rs 96 | Diesel Rs 86.97 |
| Bengaluru | Petrol Rs 92.48 | Diesel Rs 84.72 |
| Chennai | Petrol Rs 91.73 | Diesel Rs 85.05 |
| Kolkata | Petrol Rs 90.79 | Diesel Rs 83.54 |
The rise in crude oil in the international market
Explain that the increase in petrol and diesel prices is due to the rise in crude oil in the international market. The benchmark A barrel of crude oil has gone up to 63 dollar. the benchmark crude oil for delivery in April, traded up 0.51 per cent at 63.62 a barrel on Tuesday on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was trading at 60.25 a barrel, up 1.31 per cent from the previous session, on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMAX).
No idea of reducing excise duty at the moment – Government
Earlier, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said in Parliament on Wednesday that at present there is no idea to reduce excise duty on petroleum products. For the first time since the Covid crisis in the global market, the price of crude oil has gone up to 61 per barrel. India needs to be 80 percent dependent on imports for petroleum fuel needs. The Center is levying excise duty of Rs 32.9 per liter on petrol and Rs 31.80 per liter on diesel.
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